Published 1:00 am, Saturday, March 7, 2009

The city fire department received calls from residents at
Jensen's
mobile home park off Kenosia Avenue at about 12:30 p.m. regarding a strong fuel odor coming from catch basins in the community.
Firefighters arrived and noticed a glossy sheen near Lake Kenosia. They called a DEP emergency response line.
Authorities traced the fuel's origin to an area along Interstate 84 east next to the mobile homes. The fuel made its way into the highway's drainage system and into the mobile home community.
The fuel was thought to have been spilled sometime between Friday night and Saturday morning. However, whoever spilled the fuel did not contact local or state authorities, according to a DEP spokesperson.
A crew from Connecticut Tank Removal handled the clean up, which closed one lane of I-84 east between 4 p.m. and 5 p.m.
Lake Kenosia is part of the city's reserve water supply. The city's water and health departments were notified of the incident.